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Apr 28, 2009

OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY: Front Yard

This Wednesday at my home will truly be an Outdoor Wednesday. The sun will be shining and I don't have to go anywhere. My yard is calling my name. Here in South West British Columbia we are 3-4 weeks behind with the weather. The sun has been shining but it isn't that warm yet. We can't set out bedding plants for a couple more weeks at least.

This bed is beside my front porch and is a dry, full sun area. I struggle with the plants there but every year it gets better. There is a lavender and muscari right at the edge which would be along my driveway. The dry tuft above that is a Gaura which becomes quite large and sprawls out over the edge and into walkway. There is a Calla lily, some Lucifer montbretia which will grow 6 feet tall and are bright red. Just a hummingbird magnet. The Autumn Joy sedums love the dry heat and the perrenial sweet pea, although not fragrant is a real trooper and will climb and sprawl over everything. Add in a clematis or two, some ajuga, and a couple of things I don't know the name of and the birdhouse below should feel right at home.Please visit Susan at A Southern Daydreamer to see the rest of the Outdoor Wednesday posts.

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10 comments:

What are those little purple flowers in your photo? I had them gowing in my flower beds this spring. Things in TN are really green and blooming or getting ready to! Our knock out rose bushes are covered with literally hundreds upon hundreds of blooms.Happy Twirls

Libby: The little flowers are Muscari or Grape Hyacinths. Mary: There was a lupine there at one time but I don't think it is still there. I will have to take a better look. The purplish ones in the center-right are Ajuga.Christi & Cass: I lost a bunch of my lavender plants this winter. I am so ticked off. Well that is gardening for you.